Read the text and translate it, using a dictionary, if necessary.

"FIVE M 'S" IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Production management's responsibilities are summarized by the "five M's":

men, machines, methods, materials, and money.

"Men" refers to the human element in operating systems. Since the majority of manufacturing personnel work in the physical production of goods, "people management" is one of the production manager's most important responsibilities.

Production managers must also choose the machines and methods of the company, first selecting the equipment and technology to be used in the manufacture of the product or service and then planning and controlling the methods and procedures for their use. The flexibility of the production process and the ability of workers to adapt to equipment and schedules are important issues in this phase of production management.

The production manager's responsibility for materials includes the management of flow processes-both physical (raw materials) and information (paperwork). The smoothness of resource movement and data flow is determined largely by the fundamental choices made in the design of the product and in the process to be used.

The manager's concern for money is explained by the importance of financing and asset utilization to most manufacturing organizations. A manager who allows excessive inventories to build up or who achieves production level and steady operation by sacrificing good customer service and timely delivery runs the risk that overinvestment or high current costs will wipe out any temporary competitive advantage that might have been obtained.

Ex. 7.Answer some questions on the Text:

1. What are the main responsibilities of production manager? Name them.

2. What does "five M's" mean?

3. What methods have been developed to solve production management problems?

4. What problems characterize most of today's production operations?

 

Ex. 8. Match the beginning of the sentence with the ending of it.

Beginning	Ending
Production management's responsibilities are summarized by	is explained by the importance of financing and asset utilization to most manufacturing organizations
The manager's concern for money	the management of flow processes-both physical (raw materials) and information (paperwork)
Production managers must also	choose the machines and methods of the company, first selecting the equipment and technology to be used in the manufacture of the product or service and then planning and controlling the methods and procedures for their use
Since the majority of manufacturing personnel work in the physical production of goods,	"people management" is one of the production manager's most important responsibilities
The production manager's responsibility for materials includes	the "five M's": men, machines, methods, materials, and money

Grammar focus.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON

Простая форма
Положительная степень	Сравнительная степень	Превосходная степень
low	низкий	lower	ниже	lowest	самый низкий
weak	слабый	weaker	слабее	weakest	слабейший
strong	сильный	stronger	сильнее	strongest	сильнейший
long	длинный	longer	длиннее	longest	длиннейший

 

Исключения
Положительная степень	Сравнительная степень	Превосходная степень
good	хороший	better	лучше	best	лучший
bad	плохой	worse	хуже	worst	худший
little	маленький	less	меньше	least	наименьший
far	далекий	further, farther	более далекий	furthest, farthest	самый далекий

 

Ex 1. Fill in the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.

1) old - ____________ - ____________

2) bad - ____________ - ____________

3) difficult - ___________ - ____________

4) large - ___________ - _____________

5) good - ___________ - ____________

6) big - ___________ - ___________

7) easy - __________ - ____________

8) much - __________ - __________

9) little - __________ - __________

10) interesting - ______________ - _____________